{About Latin 1 Honors}

Welcome to Latin 1 Honors for 8th graders!

This course features an accelerated pace and broader coverage of topics covered in 8th grade. It will quickly review previously learned material and intends to improve our ability to read and understand Latin via translation.

We will read and think critically about the stories in Latin about mythology, culture, and the travels of Ulysses. For this course, you will need the following: 1) Latin for Americans: First Book – lent to you by the school and 2) a 3-ring binder at least 1 1/2 inches thick with 7 dividers.

o Verbs: possum; present and future participles; formation and use of the infinitive

o New case usages: • ablatives: of manner, time when, time within which, of respect, ablative absolute • accusatives: of time how long, extent of space, as subject of infinitives • dative with adjective

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"It is the habit of thoughtfulness, of bringing an informed, balanced, and responsibly skeptical approach to life that schooling addresses. School, simply, is about the habit of thoughtfulness.” –Theodore R. Sizer